WikiPop's Pick · October 25, 2026
2026 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. As no candidate for president received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on 25 October.
Why the popularity?
This summary is AI-generated and may contain errors. It's researched by Claude Sonnet 5.5 using web search and Wikipedia, then reviewed and rewritten by a separate Claude Sonnet 5.5 editor.- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff, winning a fourth term after a chaotic election day.
- Since democracy returned in 1989, nobody who lost the first round had won the runoff, until Lula took it with over 51%.
- His campaign video shows him celebrating in star-shaped red glasses a supporter gave him, and kissing his wife.
- It cuts against a Latin American run of Trump-allied winners, leaving Mexico and Brazil, the region's biggest countries, both with left-of-center leaders.
